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Clifford Chance reveals 44% gender pay gap – but figure includes mega-earning partners
First firm to calculate its salary statistic in this way

Morning round-up: Tuesday 27 March
The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Allen & Overy partner to give evidence before MPs on abuse of non-disclosure agreements in sex harassment cases
Magic circle titan hit headlines over historic role in Harvey Weinstein scandal

Judge asked mini-pupil what her ‘favourite sex position’ was
Shocking claims of sexual harassment surface in magazine article

From law school boxing club to representing the most famous boxer in the country: A criminal barrister shares his story
Former amateur super-heavyweight now writing crime thrillers, too

There’s now a ‘Secret Solicitor’ on the Twitter scene
The Secret Barrister moniker inspires law firm counterpart, but tells Legal Cheek he doubts he'll be as successful

Morning round-up: Monday 26 March
The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Allen & Overy launches ‘lawtech training contract’
STEM students preferred

Carry on dining: Inns of Court qualifying sessions here to stay, says bar regulator
But more should be held outside London

Junior solicitor ditches law to become a clown
But confesses comical career change isn’t ‘financially stable’

Video: We sample some the best perks legal London has to offer
With the help of a very special guest behind the wheel...

Aspiring barrister, 16, who won a coffee with Lady Hale shares dream of being the next Lord Pannick
He also had lunch with Lord Hodge as part of his student essay competition victory

Morning round-up: Friday 23 March
The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Solicitor who describes himself as ‘probably the best drink drive lawyer’ in the country slammed for trying to reach out to Ant McPartlin on LinkedIn
Altaf Hussain called a 'scumbag' and 'unprofessional', but defends post

Freshfields’ gender pay gap smallest of the magic circle so far
Four out of five have now released their stats

Lindsay Lohan is now the face of a lawyer search engine
No, seriously

York law student shares commercial awareness wisdom in daily quick-fire YouTube videos
Tells Legal Cheek short clips help busy students digest news without trawling pages of the FT

Morning round-up: Thursday 22 March
The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Lady Hale ‘confident’ Supreme Court will go to Wales next year, but ‘logistical issues’ make trip up North less likely
Top judge also shares her difficulty making sense of EU court judgments

Baker McKenzie and Simmons & Simmons reveal 80% plus retention scores
Spring season gathers pace